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South Carolina from A to Z

Walter Edgar

Historian and author Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z. Produced by South Carolina Public Radio.

  • “D” is for Drayton, William Henry (1721-1779)
    “D” is for Drayton, William Henry (1721-1779). Revolutionary leader, planter.
    20 December 2024, 10:30 am
  • "C” is for Chicora, Francisco de
    "C” is for Chicora, Francisco de. Indian captive. Born in the early sixteenth century, the man Spaniards baptized as “Francisco” was a native of the present-day South Carolina coast.
    19 December 2024, 10:30 am
  • “C” is for Chicken bog
    “C” is for Chicken bog. While anecdotal evidence exists that the name chicken bog was related to the “boggy” nature of is home, the Pee Dee, culinary historians agree on one thing: that a “bog (unlike a pilau) is any stew that includes wet, soggy rice.”
    18 December 2024, 10:30 am
  • “C” is for Cheves, Langdon (1776-1857)
    “C” is for Cheves, Langdon (1776-1857). Legislator, congressman, bank president.
    17 December 2024, 10:30 am
  • “C” is for Chesterfield County
    “C” is for Chesterfield County (799 square miles; 2020 population 45,606). Chesterfield County was established in 1785 when the legislature divided the Cheraws Judicial District into three counties.
    16 December 2024, 10:30 am
  • “B” is for Blanchard, Felix Anthony, Jr. (1924-2009)
    “B” is for Blanchard, Felix Anthony, Jr. (1924-2009). Football player, Heisman Trophy recipient.
    13 December 2024, 10:30 am
  • “B” is for Blake, Joseph (1663-1700)
    “B” is for Blake, Joseph (1663-1700). Governor. In 1694 Blake purchased the proprietary share of Sir John Berkeley and became one of the second generation of Lords Proprietors. In the same year he became governor of the colony.
    12 December 2024, 10:30 am
  • “W” is for Wilson, Charles Coker (1864-1933)
    “W” is for Wilson, Charles Coker (1864-1933). Architect. In 1914 Charles Coker Wilson became the first twentieth-century South Carolinian to be named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
    11 December 2024, 10:30 am
  • “S” is for Sherman’s march
    “S” is for Sherman’s march. This campaign under General William Tecumseh Sherman is one of the more controversial of the Civil War.
    10 December 2024, 10:30 am
  • “S” is for Sheriff, Hilla (1903-1988)
    “S” is for Sheriff, Hilla (1903-1988). Physician, public health official.
    9 December 2024, 10:30 am
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    “T” is for Timrod, Henry (1828-1867)
    “T” is for Timrod, Henry (1828-1867). Poet, essayist. A native Charlestonian, Timrod—hedged by poverty, frail health, and the cataclysm of the Civil War—led a brief tubercular life.
    6 December 2024, 10:30 am
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